Embroidery-frame.



110.853.232. PATENTED MAY 14, 1901;; M A. EEIE.

EMBROIDERY ERAME.

A)IPLgTION FILED MAY 3 1906. l I

l a n In I l /NV'ENTOR I /[p my ABE FEIL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

EMBROIDERY-FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1907.'

Application filed May 3, 1906. Serial No. 314,949.

To a/ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ABE FEIL, a subject of the Emperor of Russia, and a resident of New York, in the county of New York" and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Embroidery-Frames, of which the following is a speciiication.

The present invention pertains to embroidery machines and particularly to the frames thereof serving for the attachment of goods to be embroidered, as sleeves or collars of boys clothing, handkerchiefs or the like.

I-Iitherto so called key framesor rubber frames have been used which owing to their construction have the disadvantage that the handling of the frames in attaching and adjusting the pieces of goods to be embroidered take a considerable length of time. A further disadvantage of the frames and particularly of the key frames is that a certain space must be allowed between each two pairs of keys, of which each pair is used for the attachment of one piece of goods. Thus the embroidery machine is not utilized to its full length and a comparatively smaller number of pieces can simultaneously be operated upon than under other circumstances the machine would allow.

To remove these drawbacks and to construct a frame that will be simpler and cheaper in construction are the objects of my invention.

In order to make my invention more clear, the same is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which similar reference letters denote corresponding parts and in which Figure l is a plan view; Fig. 2 is a cross section in enlarged scale and Fig. 3 a longitudinal section on line x` of Fig. 1.

My new embroidery frame consists of two longitudinal bars a, connected at their ends and in the ycenter by transversal rods d, e. In each of the longitudinal bars a series of screw bolts f is provided to work in said bars in transversal direction and to project into the space between the oppositely located bars a and l). For the transversal adjustment of said screw bolts preferably thumb nuts g are borne on the threaded ends thereof. The inner ends` of the screw bolts in each bar are attached to a longitudinally extending flexible plate h and i respectively,

the inner edges of which are bent upward, as at j, and are provided with a plurality of i pins or teeth llc projecting outward in a somewhat inclined position and serving for the attachment of a piece of woven material Z, as canvas or the like, which is spread over the top edges of the bent portions j of the plates 71, and i, vand upon which the goods l to be embroidered are to be pinned or otherwise attached.

In order to allow of the goods to be embroidered being pinned to the canvas in proper position, i. e. in a position in which the embroidery will be made precisely at a point previously marked, I employ a bar 'm to one of the side surfaces of which a plurality of upwardly projecting pins n are secured. This bar m is made to extend in full length of the frame and is adapted to be applied to the frame only temporarily, that is to say, only for the time during which the goods to be embroidered are to be pinned to the canvas of the frame after which it is removed. I-Ience, when it is desired to pin the goods to the canvas, the bar m is` applied to the frame at the bottom surface of the canvas in such a manner that the pins 'n thereof will project upward through said canvas, and will temporarily indicate the points at which the different pieces of goods are to be embroidered. The goods having been previously marked with chalk, are placed onto the canvas and stuck at their marks, onto the pins n, thus insuring their proper position relatively to the embroidery needles. The pins n are arranged at a suitable distance from each other and serve each for the adjustment of a single piece of goods. In order to prevent waste of space, between the pieces of goods and to allow of a large number of goods to be operated upon simultaneously upon the same frame, the distance between 9 the pins is made as small as possible. After the goods are thus placed and adjusted on the canvas, they are pinned to the latter and to each other (as shown in Fig. l), whereupon the bar m is removed, and the frame is applied to the embroidery machine in the usual way.

In order to allow of a proper adjustment of the bar m to the frame before the pinning of the goods to the canvas, I provide the bar b of the frame with cross arms g one at each end thereof, which arms have at their free ends apertures r into which pins or prongs q arranged at the ends of the bar m and which may be somewhat longer than the TOO pins n thereof are adapted to engage, so as to prevent a displacement of the bar m as the goods are being adjusted on the canvas.

When after the goods are pinned to the canvas, it should appear that some of the pieces of goods have suered a slight displacement, it will not be necessary to remove all 'the goods from the canvas so as to read- -just them separately,'but instead, the canvas at the point at which the piece oi goods has suffered the displacement can be stretched.

thereto and being adapted to carry the goods to be embroidered, means allowing the transversal adjustment of the said plates at difiercnt points of their length, a `bar having projecting pins and adapted to be temporarily applied to the frame to eXtend longitudinally thereof, and with the pins projecting through the canvas, to hold the goods before their attachment to the canvas, and means for preventing the displacement of the said bar while in use, substantially as and for the purpose speciiied.

Signed at New York in the county of New I York and State of New York this 30th day of April, A. D. 1906.

ABE FEIL.

Witnesses:

MAX P. ORDMANN, JOHN T. OARMODY. 

